Landing on Cecil Peak

This is my first time up on Cecil Peak, which is one of many mountains you can see towering over Queenstown. It sits right on one of the apexes of Lake Wakatipu. Whenever I describe the shape of the lake, I always describe it like a little lightning bolt — like the scar on Harry Potter's head. This peak is right at one of those little turns and Queenstown is on the opposite side. Until you actually get up here, you have no idea how big some of these rock spires are!